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Learn the wildlife of Barbados

North & Central America

1,397 species have research-grade observations in Barbados on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Barbados Bullfinch Loxigilla barbadensis360
  2. Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita355
  3. Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris322
  4. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola150
  5. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis141
  6. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis113
  7. Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa111
  8. Green Heron Butorides virescens103
  9. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto102
  10. Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor79

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera146
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera134
  3. White leadtree Leucaena leucocephala89
  4. Sea Almond Terminalia catappa79
  5. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae77
  6. Peacock flower Caesalpinia pulcherrima73
  7. Ivy gourd Coccinia grandis68
  8. Beach Sheoak Casuarina equisetifolia65
  9. Flamboyant Delonix regia61
  10. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea61

Mammals

  1. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus317
  2. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata24
  3. Domestic Cat Felis catus13
  4. Silky Cave Myotis Myotis nyctor6
  5. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis5

Insects

  1. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio204
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera75
  3. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae62
  4. Monarch Danaus plexippus46
  5. Dixon's striped firefly Aspisoma ignitum40
  6. Great Southern White Ascia monuste37
  7. Ornate Bella Moth Utetheisa ornatrix34
  8. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata31
  9. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata31
  10. Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno24

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata69
  2. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria16
  3. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis15
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus14
  5. Phrynus barbadensis7
  6. Leucauge argyra6

Reptiles

  1. Barbados Anole Anolis extremus433
  2. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas136
  3. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei122
  4. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia57
  5. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata40
  6. Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius40
  7. Green Iguana Iguana iguana11
  8. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta8
  9. Brahminy Blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus7
  10. Guyana Kentropyx Kentropyx borckiana5

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus85
  2. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis79
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum74
  4. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus60
  5. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus47
  6. Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter43
  7. Yellowtail Damselfish Microspathodon chrysurus37
  8. Queen Parrotfish Scarus vetula36
  9. Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus33
  10. French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru29

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica217
  2. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata66
  3. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria53
  4. Pleurodonte isabella44
  5. Pancake Slug Veronicella sloanii33
  6. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus32
  7. Orthalicus undatus32
  8. Bleeding Tooth Nerite Nerita peloronta24
  9. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata15
  10. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica13

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.